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Lives of the ancient philosophers : containing an account of their several sects, doctrines, actions and remarkable sayings / extracted from Diogenes, Laertius, Causabon, Menagius, Stanley, Gassendus, Charleton, and others, the best authors upon that subj

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Full Title:

Lives of the ancient philosophers : containing an account of their several sects, doctrines, actions and remarkable sayings / extracted from Diogenes, Laertius, Causabon, Menagius, Stanley, Gassendus, Charleton, and others, the best authors upon that subject ; with an appendix containing the lives of several later philosophers not confined to particular sects, taken from Eunapius, and an account of the women philosophers written originally in Latin by Aeg. Menagius to Madam Dacier, and an introduction representing the state of learning and philosophy in the Eastern part of the world before it flourished in Greece.

Publisher:

London : Printed for J. Nicholson, 1702.

Date (admin):

1702

Description:

xxx, 564 p., xxix, [6] leaves of plates : ill.

Rights & Contributor

Rights:

Copyright, public domain: McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.

Subjects & Series

Subject:

Philosophers -- Biography.

Subject:

Philosophy

Subject:

Russell Library

Technical

Type:

text

Format:

jpg

Identifier:

B 111 .L5

Bertrand Russell Number:

RL0586

Location:

Russell Library

Language:

eng

Preservation Notes:

Light/UV damage to spine. Headcap, heel folded and cracked.

Notes:

Signed Bertrand Russell 27 March 1967, John Russell and M. Russell 1739. Contains a Christmas card: To Diddy From John and Kate.